My Doctor Who fic recommendations
I am sure I've forgotten some really great stories, but this is the list I've compiled.
My Doctor Who fic recommendations (edited 20 November 2009):
Note: All ratings and summaries are what the author decided, not me.
10 and Rose
The Process of Becoming (series)
by Kalleah
Rating: R
Author's summary: Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death. - Anais Nin
The A-Levels Series
by I_confuse_everyone
Rating: R
Author’s summary: When the Doctor leaves Rose back in 2007 London after making a mistake, she joins her local college to do her A-Levels. So what happens when he comes crawling back?
Thirteen
by Rambling Rose
Rating: PG-13
Author’s summary: There comes a day in every thirteen year old girl’s life when everything changes… Fortunately, she didn’t know how much he changed it. *Chapter two here
The Smell of Safety
by HonorH
Rating: All Ages
Author’s summary: Sense memory can't just be shaken off; it has to be relearned. Rose is adjusting.
One Perfect Day
by AvalonNocturne
Rating: All Ages
Author’s summary: When an accident sends Rose back in time to meet the Eighth Doctor, she considers telling him about the Time War. Will she risk it?
Perfect Strangers
by hippiebanana132
Rating: PG-13
Author’s summary: Ten outsiders observe the Doctor and Rose's relationship throughout series one and two. Includes Cassandra, Jake, Pete, Yvonne and Sir Robert.
Two Months In
by leighleighla
Rating: PG
Author's Summary: Today you are two months old, and I have to tell you it has been the longest two months of my whole life. And that is saying something, Sally Rose Tyler, because I am very, very old.
(Continuing series here.)
The Places You Walked
by Aenaria
Rating: PG
Author's Summary: While under the influence of an alien, mind-altering gas, the Doctor wanders around London for a night, searching for the pink and yellow girl...
Facets
by padawanpooh
Rating: PG-13
Author's Summary: To save her Doctor's future, Rose has to go back in time and meet all previous incarnations of the Timelord. There'll be danger, humour, romance and adventure!
Turn Your Back, Look Away and Blink
by CharmingSlayer
Rating: All Ages
Author's summary: Rose Tyler has been living in her alternate world for five years until she encounters the weeping angels, who send her back to November 1, 1913. The thing Rose doesn't know is that she is now before the split of the universes and that a certain human John Smith is only miles away with dangerous aliens on his trail.
AU Human Nature/Family of Blood with tiny spoilers for Blink. Rose/Ten, Rose/John Smith Reunion story
Future Flirt
by Faythbrady
Rating: PG
Author's summary: A market place in the future but is that his Rose? Who is she hugging?
Moving In
by shinyopals
Rating: PG
Author's summary: A look at the life of the Doctor and Rose after he most definitely doesn't move in with her.
She Came with the Rain
by coming_up_rose
Rating: R
Author's summary: Spring rain brings back life and love, but reunions are rarely easy.
A New Man
by sensiblecat
Rating: PG
Author's summary: On the eve of his regeneration, the Doctor gets a second chance to change his biggest mistake. What if he'd brought Jack back from Satellite Five?
Rose in the parallel world
The Way of Things
by jlrpuck
Rating: K+
Author's summary: A post-Doomsday story, set in the Alt!Verse. It's been over three years since Rose and the Doctor said goodbye. What happens when she not only meets his doppleganger, but has to work with him? (Blackpool crossover)
Seed Pearls
by HonorH
Rating: R
Author's summary: When all Rose's memories of the Doctor are stripped away from her, she knows something is terribly wrong--but occasionally, just occasionally, the universe gives back as much as it takes away.
Diamond Sea
by Whochick
Rating: M
Author's summary: When you live with harsh reality long enough, it begins to seep in despite your best efforts. Months after being stranded in an alternate universe, Rose Tyler begins to accept the inevitable.
Vagaries of Life
By Malaleen
Rating: Adult
Author's summary: Doctor Who/Blackpool crossover. Sometimes, when you least expect it, life changes and becomes nothing you’d ever dreamed, but everything you ever wanted. Rose Tyler discovers life and love after the Doctor.
Let's Talk About It (series)
by Serendipity
Rating: PG-13
Author's summary: How do you cope with the loss of the Doctor? Rose goes to counselling.
Heritage
by np_complete
Rating: PG-13
Author's summary: On her third day at the Tyler Institute, she meets Rose Tyler's other legacy
18 Seconds to Make Old Things New Again
by Amberwind
Rating: PG-13
Author’s summary: He'd just left Rose Tyler behind in an alley. So what was she doing nearly a hundred years in her relative future? And what's with all the Zeppelins?
Sweet Mistakes
by Faythbrady
Rating: M
Author's summary: The Doctor finds that sometimes the wrong turn can be so very right.
So the Lover Must Struggle for Words
by The Carlisle Cooperative
Rating: Teen
Author's summary: The follow-on to Love's Progress. Ten and Donna have found a safe way across the void, making it as far as Torchwood London. Now it's time to look at things from Rose's perspective.
Simmer Dim
by joely_jo
Rating: R
Author's summary: With the events of Doomsday just a distant memory, Rose Tyler and Mickey Smith make a discovery that they cannot leave alone. But what they find will take Rose on a journey she never expected. Will she come to terms with what she’s faced with, or will the carefully constructed life she’s built for herself come crashing down?
A Warning, From Me To You
by the_magpye
Rating: All ages
Author's summary: Rose Tyler has a rather annoying habit of turning your life upside-down if you get too close. She's a bit like a car wreck; because yeah, you could die, but bloody hell - why not go out in style? A story of how life progressed in the alternate universe post-DD, told by an observer who had the misfortune to get too close.
10 with Martha (but not a Doctor/Martha pairing)
Flicker
by Little Witch
Rating: All Ages
Author's summary: Martha Jones was pressing buttons.
Past Tense
by CaffeineJunkie
Rating: PG
Author's summary: All of space and time he promised me. Now I've got a job in a shop. I've got to support him. How The Doctor and Martha managed in 1969...
Discovering Rose
by galadriella
Rating: All Ages
Author's summary: When Martha Jones accidently comes across Rose Tyler's journal, she can't help but take a peek to find out about the Doctor's mysterious former companion.
Memories of a Christmas long ago
by Pitythegelth
Rating: All Ages
Author's summary: Martha finds the Doctor watching a video of him and Rose at Christmas, and learns a bit more about the relationship between the Doctor and his beloved former companion.
Blondes, Divorce and the Psychology of Time Lords
by HonorH
Rating: All Ages
Author's summary: In her worse moments, Martha Jones hates Rose Tyler a little. In her better ones, she hates herself for being so petty. Spoilers for "Utopia".
10 with Donna
Reset
by fireworkfiasco
Rating: PG
Author's summary: Spoilers through Journey's End. She starts-remembering. But it’s not remembering since none of it could possibly be real.
The Most Important Woman in the Universe
by ThroughAnAmberFocus
Rating: Teen
(Technically, this is a story with 9 and Donna, but it seemed to fit best here in my list.)
Author's summary: Donna Noble crosses paths with a slightly unusual trio at a London café. Set after Journey's End for Donna and before Boomtown for Nine, Rose and Jack.
The Man in the Blue Box, or, The Piffle We Teach Our Children
by amproof
Rating: Adult
Author's summary: 10 years after Journey's End, Donna is still temping, and Granddad is telling Donna's young daughter stories about outer space.
Glimpsing the Past
by lostwolf
Rating:All Ages
Author's Summary: The Doctor and Donna go shopping, and Donna catches a glimpse of the Doctor with Rose.
Torchwood
Nothing Else Left
by timesup
Rating: PG-13
Author's summary: The Doctor is looking for things to remind him of Rose, Jack is looking for the Doctor, and Gwen is looking for why Jack has been in London. Gwen finds the Doctor and the Doctor finds some closure.
Poor Jack finds out that there really is nothing else left.
I beta for this one, so I'm slightly biased in recommending it... but it's really good
Sic Transit Tempus (series)
by Jadesfire
Rating: All Ages
Author's summary: Jack has to sit through the Twentieth century, waiting for the Doctor. These stories follow him from 1953-present day Torchwood, with all the usual trouble that Jack can get himself into.
The Sarah Jane Adventures
The People You Meet
by KelinciHutan
Rating: All Ages
Author's summary: Maria Jackson had had just about enough of aliens for the one day, thank you. Especially since these aliens had succeeded in stealing them from Earth. Fortunately for her, she and the boys weren't the only prisoners there.
My Doctor Who fic recommendations (edited 20 November 2009):
Note: All ratings and summaries are what the author decided, not me.
10 and Rose
The Process of Becoming (series)
by Kalleah
Rating: R
Author's summary: Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death. - Anais Nin
The A-Levels Series
by I_confuse_everyone
Rating: R
Author’s summary: When the Doctor leaves Rose back in 2007 London after making a mistake, she joins her local college to do her A-Levels. So what happens when he comes crawling back?
Thirteen
by Rambling Rose
Rating: PG-13
Author’s summary: There comes a day in every thirteen year old girl’s life when everything changes… Fortunately, she didn’t know how much he changed it. *Chapter two here
The Smell of Safety
by HonorH
Rating: All Ages
Author’s summary: Sense memory can't just be shaken off; it has to be relearned. Rose is adjusting.
One Perfect Day
by AvalonNocturne
Rating: All Ages
Author’s summary: When an accident sends Rose back in time to meet the Eighth Doctor, she considers telling him about the Time War. Will she risk it?
Perfect Strangers
by hippiebanana132
Rating: PG-13
Author’s summary: Ten outsiders observe the Doctor and Rose's relationship throughout series one and two. Includes Cassandra, Jake, Pete, Yvonne and Sir Robert.
Two Months In
by leighleighla
Rating: PG
Author's Summary: Today you are two months old, and I have to tell you it has been the longest two months of my whole life. And that is saying something, Sally Rose Tyler, because I am very, very old.
(Continuing series here.)
The Places You Walked
by Aenaria
Rating: PG
Author's Summary: While under the influence of an alien, mind-altering gas, the Doctor wanders around London for a night, searching for the pink and yellow girl...
Facets
by padawanpooh
Rating: PG-13
Author's Summary: To save her Doctor's future, Rose has to go back in time and meet all previous incarnations of the Timelord. There'll be danger, humour, romance and adventure!
Turn Your Back, Look Away and Blink
by CharmingSlayer
Rating: All Ages
Author's summary: Rose Tyler has been living in her alternate world for five years until she encounters the weeping angels, who send her back to November 1, 1913. The thing Rose doesn't know is that she is now before the split of the universes and that a certain human John Smith is only miles away with dangerous aliens on his trail.
AU Human Nature/Family of Blood with tiny spoilers for Blink. Rose/Ten, Rose/John Smith Reunion story
Future Flirt
by Faythbrady
Rating: PG
Author's summary: A market place in the future but is that his Rose? Who is she hugging?
Moving In
by shinyopals
Rating: PG
Author's summary: A look at the life of the Doctor and Rose after he most definitely doesn't move in with her.
She Came with the Rain
by coming_up_rose
Rating: R
Author's summary: Spring rain brings back life and love, but reunions are rarely easy.
A New Man
by sensiblecat
Rating: PG
Author's summary: On the eve of his regeneration, the Doctor gets a second chance to change his biggest mistake. What if he'd brought Jack back from Satellite Five?
Rose in the parallel world
The Way of Things
by jlrpuck
Rating: K+
Author's summary: A post-Doomsday story, set in the Alt!Verse. It's been over three years since Rose and the Doctor said goodbye. What happens when she not only meets his doppleganger, but has to work with him? (Blackpool crossover)
Seed Pearls
by HonorH
Rating: R
Author's summary: When all Rose's memories of the Doctor are stripped away from her, she knows something is terribly wrong--but occasionally, just occasionally, the universe gives back as much as it takes away.
Diamond Sea
by Whochick
Rating: M
Author's summary: When you live with harsh reality long enough, it begins to seep in despite your best efforts. Months after being stranded in an alternate universe, Rose Tyler begins to accept the inevitable.
Vagaries of Life
By Malaleen
Rating: Adult
Author's summary: Doctor Who/Blackpool crossover. Sometimes, when you least expect it, life changes and becomes nothing you’d ever dreamed, but everything you ever wanted. Rose Tyler discovers life and love after the Doctor.
Let's Talk About It (series)
by Serendipity
Rating: PG-13
Author's summary: How do you cope with the loss of the Doctor? Rose goes to counselling.
Heritage
by np_complete
Rating: PG-13
Author's summary: On her third day at the Tyler Institute, she meets Rose Tyler's other legacy
18 Seconds to Make Old Things New Again
by Amberwind
Rating: PG-13
Author’s summary: He'd just left Rose Tyler behind in an alley. So what was she doing nearly a hundred years in her relative future? And what's with all the Zeppelins?
Sweet Mistakes
by Faythbrady
Rating: M
Author's summary: The Doctor finds that sometimes the wrong turn can be so very right.
So the Lover Must Struggle for Words
by The Carlisle Cooperative
Rating: Teen
Author's summary: The follow-on to Love's Progress. Ten and Donna have found a safe way across the void, making it as far as Torchwood London. Now it's time to look at things from Rose's perspective.
Simmer Dim
by joely_jo
Rating: R
Author's summary: With the events of Doomsday just a distant memory, Rose Tyler and Mickey Smith make a discovery that they cannot leave alone. But what they find will take Rose on a journey she never expected. Will she come to terms with what she’s faced with, or will the carefully constructed life she’s built for herself come crashing down?
A Warning, From Me To You
by the_magpye
Rating: All ages
Author's summary: Rose Tyler has a rather annoying habit of turning your life upside-down if you get too close. She's a bit like a car wreck; because yeah, you could die, but bloody hell - why not go out in style? A story of how life progressed in the alternate universe post-DD, told by an observer who had the misfortune to get too close.
10 with Martha (but not a Doctor/Martha pairing)
Flicker
by Little Witch
Rating: All Ages
Author's summary: Martha Jones was pressing buttons.
Past Tense
by CaffeineJunkie
Rating: PG
Author's summary: All of space and time he promised me. Now I've got a job in a shop. I've got to support him. How The Doctor and Martha managed in 1969...
Discovering Rose
by galadriella
Rating: All Ages
Author's summary: When Martha Jones accidently comes across Rose Tyler's journal, she can't help but take a peek to find out about the Doctor's mysterious former companion.
Memories of a Christmas long ago
by Pitythegelth
Rating: All Ages
Author's summary: Martha finds the Doctor watching a video of him and Rose at Christmas, and learns a bit more about the relationship between the Doctor and his beloved former companion.
Blondes, Divorce and the Psychology of Time Lords
by HonorH
Rating: All Ages
Author's summary: In her worse moments, Martha Jones hates Rose Tyler a little. In her better ones, she hates herself for being so petty. Spoilers for "Utopia".
10 with Donna
Reset
by fireworkfiasco
Rating: PG
Author's summary: Spoilers through Journey's End. She starts-remembering. But it’s not remembering since none of it could possibly be real.
The Most Important Woman in the Universe
by ThroughAnAmberFocus
Rating: Teen
(Technically, this is a story with 9 and Donna, but it seemed to fit best here in my list.)
Author's summary: Donna Noble crosses paths with a slightly unusual trio at a London café. Set after Journey's End for Donna and before Boomtown for Nine, Rose and Jack.
The Man in the Blue Box, or, The Piffle We Teach Our Children
by amproof
Rating: Adult
Author's summary: 10 years after Journey's End, Donna is still temping, and Granddad is telling Donna's young daughter stories about outer space.
Glimpsing the Past
by lostwolf
Rating:All Ages
Author's Summary: The Doctor and Donna go shopping, and Donna catches a glimpse of the Doctor with Rose.
Torchwood
Nothing Else Left
by timesup
Rating: PG-13
Author's summary: The Doctor is looking for things to remind him of Rose, Jack is looking for the Doctor, and Gwen is looking for why Jack has been in London. Gwen finds the Doctor and the Doctor finds some closure.
Poor Jack finds out that there really is nothing else left.
I beta for this one, so I'm slightly biased in recommending it... but it's really good
Sic Transit Tempus (series)
by Jadesfire
Rating: All Ages
Author's summary: Jack has to sit through the Twentieth century, waiting for the Doctor. These stories follow him from 1953-present day Torchwood, with all the usual trouble that Jack can get himself into.
The Sarah Jane Adventures
The People You Meet
by KelinciHutan
Rating: All Ages
Author's summary: Maria Jackson had had just about enough of aliens for the one day, thank you. Especially since these aliens had succeeded in stealing them from Earth. Fortunately for her, she and the boys weren't the only prisoners there.